The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus by Robin Meyers My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really liked this book even though its idealistic vision is so utopian that its recommendations can surely never be acted upon by most Christians. It's a heartfelt book with a vision -- one of love and …
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I Am Alive and You Are Dead: The Strange Life and Times of Philip K. Dick by Emmanuel Carrère My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow! What can you say about Philip K. Dick and this biography? I mean, I knew Dick was a paranoid, but I had no idea to what degree he was. …
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Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm not a fan of Miller's Blue Like Jazz. I think it's an immature book written by an immature writer. This book -- Searching for God Knows What -- seems a vast improvement to me, albeit still with the same scatter …
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile by Rob Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was an interesting read, and fairly different from Bell's Velvet Elvis & Love Wins. It's more straight theology & less personal anecdote. He states early that he'll be taking a "New Exodus" …
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I've been posting some diary entries from the 16 old diaries I recently found, dating from 1984 to 1992. This will probably be the last one I post. I don't see much point in blogging about things that happened 20 years ago. This entry was written after I had moved from Knoxville TN to Tempe …
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